[11565] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: PC Magazine bashes Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David M. Piscitello)
Fri Apr 8 10:27:36 1994
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 08:42:58 EDT
From: "David M. Piscitello" <corecom@tigger.jvnc.net>
Reply-To: dave@corecom.com
To: rcq@ftp.com, com-priv@psi.com
Hmmm...
TOO SLOW -- so buy a faster modem, maybe? turn off pictures on Mosaic?
FULL OF MISINFORMATION -- name me a medium that is not:-)
TOO EXPENSIVE -- perhaps her cost/benefit ratio is low, but I don't
think this is generally true; folks pay $20-50 per month for cable,
and Internet is no more expensive than this if "for entertainment purposes".
RUDE PEOPLE -- amen, no argument here.
WASTE OF TIME -- since I'm a MAC user, so is reading PC Magazine:-)
(and on my birthday, no less!)
>On page 30 of the April 26, 1994 issue of PC Magazine, Robin Raskin
>has an editorial titled "Why Stay Off the Highway". She says the
>Internet is too slow, full of misinformation, too expensive, full of
>rude people and basically a waste of time. She's not all wrong, but
>it looks a little like a defensive reaction by someone who recognizes
>a potential threat to her livelihood.
>--
> Bob Quinn rcq@ftp.com
> FTP Software, Inc. No. Andover, MA
>
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